22 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2018/2157(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas arms exports and transfers have an undeniable impact on human rights and human security, on socio- economic development and on democracy; whereas arms exports also contribute to circumstances that force people to flee from their countries; whereas these are strong reasons for establishing a strict, transparent, effective and commonly accepted and defined arms control system;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the latest figures14show that arms exports from the EU-28 amounted to over 27 % of the global total in 2013-2017, which makes them, collectively, the second largest arms supplier in the world after the US (34 %) and followed by Russia (22 %); whereas 2015 and 2016 have been the years in which by far the historically highest numbers of arms exports licences have been granted since the beginning of EU data collection, with a total value of EUR 195.95 billion in 2015 and, according to the most recent report by the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM), EUR 191.45 billion in 201615; _________________ 14Trends in international arms transfers, 2017 (SIPRI Fact Sheet, March 2018). 15 http://enaat.org/eu-export- browser/licence.de.html
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas not all Member States make a full submission to COARM; whereas, because of the differing data collection arrangements and submission procedures of individual Member States and their different interpretation of the eight criteria, data sets are incomplete and vary, and arms export practices diverge widely; points out that information exchange must be compatible with the national laws and administrative procedures in each country;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas measures on trafficking of small arms and light weapons have been adopted in recent years, with an updated List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies under the Wassenaar Arrangement; whereas while issues such as control of arms brokering, licensed production outside the EU and end-user control have been put on the agenda and, to some extent, incorporated into the Common Position itself, manysome products, in particular in the field of dual- use goods, cybertechnology and surveillance are still not covered by the control system;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the nineteenth annual report reveals that 40.5 % of the licences for arms exports were granted to countries in the MENA region for a value of EUR 77.5 billion, with Saudi-Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accounting for the bulk of these exports, worth EUR 57.9 billion; whereas the quota of denied licences for the three countries was 2.2 % even though, according to the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC) the supply of military technology to one or more of those countries is a violation of, at least, criteria 1-616of the Common Position (Egypt and Saudi-Arabia criteria 1-6 and UAE criteria 1 and 6), which highlights the need for better scrutiny and transparency; _________________ 16 http://ruestungsexport.info/map/
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the defence sector has become a focal point of EU policy since the European Global Strategy (EUGS) argues that a ‘sustainable, innovative and competitive European defence industry is essential for Europe’s strategic autonomy and for a credible CSDP’17; whereas arms exports are key to boosting the industrial and technological basis for European defence, and whereas the priority of the defence industry is to guarantee the security and defence of the EU Member States and contribute to the implementation of the CFSP; whereas the main task of the European Defence Fund and, as a precursor, the EDIDP, which has recently been launched, is to ‘support the competitiveness of Europe’s defence industry’18; _________________ 17 A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and. Security Policy: ‘Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe’, Brussels, June 2016. 18 Launching the European Defence Fund, COM(2017)0295, Brussels, 7.6.2017.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Article 10 of the Common Position clearly states that compliance with the eight criteria the consideration by Member Staktes precedence over anyof any of their economic social, commercial or industrial interests of Member Statesshall not affect the application of the criteria;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the eight criteria are applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigour in the Member States; calls, therefore, for a standard, uniformly strict interpretcoordinated and strict application and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Criticises the violations ofsystematic failure to apply the eight criteria by Member States and the fact that military technology does sometimes reach destinations and end users that do not meet the criteria laid down in the Common Position; considers that uniform and consistenttakes the view that greater convergence in the application of the eight criteria should be promoted; regrets the lack of provisions on sanctions to be imposed onto deal with Member States that fail to complyheck compliance with the eight criteria whenin advance of granting licences and advises the Member States to make provision for arrangements to conduct independent checks;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the proliferation of weapon systems in wartime and in situations of significant political tension may disproportionately affect civilians; is alarmed at the global arms race and at military approaches to solving political conflict and turmoil; underlines that conflicts should be solved by diplomatic means as a priority;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists, in the light of the Common Position review process, that support should be voiced for powerful, clear and unambiguous wording in the Common Position in order to avoid differing interpretations and applications of the criteria; urges thatcalls for the Common Position’s review to examine how the Common Position is implemented at national level, including an assessment of the different ways in which the Common Position is implemented in states’ laws and regulations, the methods used to assess licence applications and the government agencies and ministries that are involved; stresses, in this connection, that projects funded with the newly launched EDIDP and the future Defence Fund, must come under national and EU control and reporting mechanisms/regimes and be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the ambition to increase the competitiveness of the European defence sector must not undermine the application of the Common Position’s eight criteria as they take precedence over any economic social, commercial or industrial interests of Member States; points out that the development of defence equipment is an important way to boost the industrial and technological basis for European defence, and takes the view that the defence industry should serve as a tool for supporting the CFSP;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the implementation of Directive 2009/43/EC simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence- related products within the Community should be consistent with the Common Position, including with regard to spare parts and components; notes that the Common Position is non-restrictive in scope and that, accordingly, the eight criteria also apply to exporttransfers within the EU;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the detrimental effect that the uninsufficiently controlled export of cyber- surveillance technologies by EU companies can have on the security of the EU’s digital infrastructure and on compliance with human rights; stresses, in this connection, the importance of a rapid, effective and comprehensive update of the EU’s Dual- Use Regulation, recalls Parliament’s position regarding the Commission’s proposal as endorsed by an overwhelming majority in January 2018, and calls onsuggests that the Council to rapidlyshould establish an ambitious position with a view to enabling the co- legislators to reach an agreement before the end of this legislative term; calls on the Member States, with regard to export controls andto application ofy the eight criteria, and to pay greateparticular attention to goods which may be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as surveillance technology and, similarly, to spare parts and produccomponents that may be used in cyber warfare or to perpetrate non-lethal human rights abuseswith the potential to violate human rights; calls on the Member States to promote, at international level, the addition of these goods to control lists (in particular Wassenaar);
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Pays tribute to the efforts of COARM in connection with cooperation and coordina, coordination, convergence (with particular reference to the user's guide for the common position), and with bolstering and implementing the Common Position, especially as regards awareness- raising campaigns and approximation or harmonisation processes within the EU and involving third countries;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the very late publication of the eighteenth annual report for 2015 in March 2017 and of the nineteenth annual report for 2016 in February 2018; calls for a more standardised and timely reporting and submission procedure to be guaranteed by setting a strict and realistic deadline for submitting data of no later than January following the year in which the exports took place, and by setting a fixed publication date of no later than March following the export year, and by setting a fixed publication date;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Criticises the fact that a number of Member States did not make full submissions to the nineteenth annual report on the basis of detailed, country-specific data; notes that Cyprus submitted a ‘nil’ report; criticises the fact that Greece did not submit a report at all, Italy and France only reported total data on the value of actual exports and Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom did not report values of actual exports; is concerned that, as a result, important information is missing from the COARM annual report, which is therefore not up to date or able to present a complete picture of Member States’ export activities; considers that a standardised verification and reporting system should be established to provide more detailed and exhaustive information; reiterates its request that all Member States, especially the main arms- exporting ones which have not made full submissions, provide a full set of datadditional information regarding their past exports with a view to the next annual report;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that not all EU national parliaments scrutinise governmental licensing decisions by, inter alia, producing annual arms export reports; calls, therefore, for a general increase in parliamentary and public oversight; points to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which provide for the possibility of regular responses to the EU Annual Reports on Arms Exports;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises that all the Member States are signatories to the ATT; calls for universalisation of the ATT and for more focus to be placed on those countries that are not signatories; also commends the outreach efforts regarding the ATT and supports its effective implementation;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is of the opinionPoints out that an effective international arms control agreement should covers state-to-state transfers, state- to- private-end-user transfers and leases, as well as loans, gifts, aid or any other form of transfer;